Hi all. I am just a homeowner basically. I am a really advanced diy. I have 2 projects coming up and would like some opinions. The one coming up this summer, is I will probably be installing a geothermal system for my parents. We have been thinking open loop. There is the water quality issue though. I have seen a few threads on this. I have tested the water and the good news is no iron. I am planning on having a professional test it. Can a lab give me a scaling index number. or will it still just be hardness and ph? I know there are a lot of differing opinions on this, and it is debatable.
Question 2
My next project will be doing a water to water heat pump in my own house. I currently have a water to air heat pump. I have tubing ran in all my floors for in floor heat and I want to get that going. My current heat pump is a 3 ton and it is perfect. I know with the in floor heat. I will loos more heat. (I have a concrete floor poured on sand and 2in HD R-10 foam with poured walls around it) Heat down into the ground. I also plan to heat my hot water with it. I have several questions about setting this up. First is the sizing. Should I go up to a 3.5 ton? or should I use a 3 ton and the one or two times it gets really cold, let the water to air pump kick on? Will that make the water to air pump short cycle too much? I also have a fireplace I try to have going on the days it gets really cold. Next question is, how big of a storage tank should I have to buffer the demand of the heat pump. I have 6 loops of in floor heat all about 275 ft in length. with a total loss of around 33,000 btu plus the domestic hot water. (that wouldn't be including heat loss from the slab into the ground)
Thanks in advance. I look forward to being a member here, I love learning and talking about this stuff.
Question 2
My next project will be doing a water to water heat pump in my own house. I currently have a water to air heat pump. I have tubing ran in all my floors for in floor heat and I want to get that going. My current heat pump is a 3 ton and it is perfect. I know with the in floor heat. I will loos more heat. (I have a concrete floor poured on sand and 2in HD R-10 foam with poured walls around it) Heat down into the ground. I also plan to heat my hot water with it. I have several questions about setting this up. First is the sizing. Should I go up to a 3.5 ton? or should I use a 3 ton and the one or two times it gets really cold, let the water to air pump kick on? Will that make the water to air pump short cycle too much? I also have a fireplace I try to have going on the days it gets really cold. Next question is, how big of a storage tank should I have to buffer the demand of the heat pump. I have 6 loops of in floor heat all about 275 ft in length. with a total loss of around 33,000 btu plus the domestic hot water. (that wouldn't be including heat loss from the slab into the ground)
Thanks in advance. I look forward to being a member here, I love learning and talking about this stuff.
Walang komento:
Mag-post ng isang Komento